Category: Poems

I am not pure bliss My calm often comes with the storm I am like the sun and the ocean’s abyss My own temperature - too cold too warm And I'm not so sweet I'm spicy -- with a boom Embrace me as the beauty and beast Wherever I'm planted I fully bloom And when …

When the tunes of the anthem fill your ears, And you see those stars and stripes. You stand to honor your peers, And remember tears wiped. You remember your fight, And relive the pain. Armed Forces blue, red, white, You remember the slain. But this. This is not your fight. Or to defy you. This …

"What happens to a dream deferred?" It became life as I know, Mr. Hughes. It flew and soared like a bird. I came to tell you the news. I'm a credible source. You and I wear the same shoes. At times, it was desiccated. Dry, like Arizona desert sand. But now it's hydrated. A dream …

We wear the sunsets on our chocolate skin like bronzed clothing And when our love is sun-kissed Our dazzling pigments melt together And the sunbeams fuse us into one In those moments I'll live forever with you my love You and I were given the gift of the sunset The light of God shines down …

What’s the best way to say something inappropriate, appropriately? Can you tell me how you feel but with your hands? Baby, can you rattle me around like pots and pans? Twist me up like a pretzel. Pin me down like a thumbtack to a bulletin board. You've won and I'm your award. So take me …

Throws a left I dodge Life keeps swinging blows at me Throws a jab I duck Uppercut I fall flat Knees weak Mind strong I barely stand back up But I swing back I blossomed as a bright flower In the crack Of the sidewalk Life pulled my petals and leaves I am drooping over …

When people look at me I know they see it They see that love now lives here That love happened And when it happened Our souls weaved together And the two of us became a whole When you tell me I’m beautiful It isn’t really me you’re seeing It’s the reflection The love living in …